LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 4th June, 1874: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.f., Chairman of the Institution , in the Chair. ' Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward....
Category: Committee
(Below) St.Catherine's New 17Ft 6In Zodiac Mk Iv D Class Inflatable Lifeboat
(below), St Catherine's new 17ft 6in Zodiac Mk IV D class inflatable lifeboat, drawn by the station's new Land Rover, prepares to launch after her dedication. In the background can be seen the new lifeboathouse officially opened on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Chapman: Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service and Post Office Lifeboat Fund
'A one-eyed, cantankerous and troublesome fellow'1: thus, leaning back in his chair, pipe in hand and smiling happily, does John Chapman describe himself.
But the smile belies the words, for it is the smile of a man...
Category: Articles
An Outboard Motor Boat
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 6.55 on the evening of the 18th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an outboard motor boat with a crew of three engaged in salvage operations on the wreck of the s.s. Nyon, which had...
An Aeroplane (1)
Swanage, Dorset.—25th January, 1938.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but a search in which sea-planes joined found nothing.—Rewards, £21 Is..
An Aeroplane (4)
APRIL 20TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane was thought to have crashed into the sea, but it was found that she came down on land.-Permanent paid crew : Rewards, 6s..
An Aeroplane (11)
JULY 13TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An aeroplane was reported as having come down in the sea a few miles out, but though the life-boat searched over a wide area she could find nothing.-Rewards, £6 4s..
An Aeroplane (33)
NOV. 20TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane of the Royal Air Force was reported to have come down in the sea, but the life-boat’s services were not needed as it was found that the aeroplane was carrying out smoke bomb...
An Aeroplane (50)
DECEMBER 11TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
Rescue craft and aeroplanes also searched.- Rewards, £24 2s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (199)
DECEMBER 21ST. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, and oil and small wreckage were found, but there was no sign of the crew. - Rewards, £23 16s. 6d..